Reverse Engineering

Orthopedic surgeon Dane Salazar, MD, looks at images using 3D templating software to create a digital model of the patient’s shoulder for reverse total shoulder replacement. Photo courtesy of Loyola Medicine

Move over hip and knee replacements, shoulder replacements are gaining ground Two years ago, Oak Park resident David Tartakoff was walking his dog when he tripped, fell and injured his right shoulder. Tartakoff, who was 76 years old at the time, had standard surgery to repair the damaged tendons and muscles in his rotator cuff […]